Master Tape Sound at Home

Master Tape Sound at Home

Jan 27, 2007

Out of all the audiophile phrases, none stirs the hearts of music lovers like "true to the master tape"—not even "the absolute sound" of the original instruments, which even audio idealists realize is simply too much to demand. But true to the sound of the recorded master tape, now surely that's a goal within reach.

The Hour of Power

The Hour of Power

Jan 27, 2007

PS Audio's Paul McGowan is a man with a mission: He wants to teach audiophiles about AC power, from the creation of the universe to its final destination in our contemporary electronics components. Toward that end, McGowan wrote, produced, and narrated a one-hour documentary DVD called <I>From Coal to Coltrane</I>, which provides a lively look at a subject many of us take for granted.

AACS: "We Have Not Been Hacked—Just Our Players"

AACS: "We Have Not Been Hacked—Just Our Players"

Jan 27, 2007

Okay, now things are getting confusing. Hot on the heels of his <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/010107hacked/">announcement</A&gt; that he had hacked HD DVD's Advanced Access Content System (AACS) digital rights management (DRM), muslix64 claimed to have done the same to Blu-Ray's implementation, with the help of anti-DRM crusader Janvitos. You can read the whole saga at the <A HREF="http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=120869">Doom9 forum</A> but we'll just give you the juicy bits: "In less than 24 hours, without any Blu-ray equipment, but with the help of Janvitos, I managed to decrypt and play a Blu-ray media file using my known-plaintext attack."

new amp

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Amplification
Submitted by dazm on

hi all, my first post on here , enjoy browsing and reading,getting ideas,so the new amp got today Cambridge Audio AZUR 640A V2 Black , speakers wharfdale 9.1 , connected to squeeze box 3,pacific interconnects, well impressed with the sounds, my old kenwood amp died today had it 14yrs can't complain. thanks

Inexpensive bookshelves for nearfield

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Loudspeakers
Submitted by toastman on

I'm trying to set up a cheap desktop system. I'll probably go the T-Amp route. A few speaker possibilities:

NHT SuperZero (used)--120
Infinity Primus 150--120
PSB Intro LR (used)--90
PSB Image 2b (used)--125
Mission M70--70

I'm also open to the idea of powered speakers, such as the Swans M200. These seem to have the advantage of being designed for nearfield, though I wonder if they're just another "wonder computer speaker" that sound better for gaming than music.

Any thoughts?

Drive Belt Cantilever alignment.

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Analog Sources
Submitted by ohfourohnine on

Been scratching my head about this one since December. Art Dudley moves the drive motor on a Linn TT so that the path of the drive belt is aligned with the axis of the cartridge cantilever and gets improved musicality and higher output. Except for Roy Hall's TT's, very few turntables with good reputations subscribe to that design approach. Given that it worked at least once and is simple and cheap, why isn't this approach more popular? Obviously, I'm missing something.

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